Mop and then Vacuum.

[HoneyDragon]

Unless you use a steam mop, then you may vacuum then mop. Other than that no excuses. Vacuuming then mopping is the wrong way round.

If I mop then Hoover, I can hear all little gritty bits getting dragged over the tiles. The thought of it is making me fucking angry ????

Mopping before hoovering means dead spiders in the mop bucket.

These then disintegrate and spider bits are spread everywhere.

Hoover up the spiders THEN mop.

Seamstress I have dogs and the bastards drop so much hair that if I didn't Hoover then all I could hope to achieve would be moving hair ball A to hair ball D's position, hair ball D to hair ball Z21178's position and so on. So vacuuming as well as moping will continue here unless I shave the dogs

Christ, your mop must be minging by the end of it. And I suspect your vacuum is rubbish (or your vacuuming technique needs work ).

You are all wrong. wrong. WRONG!!! I tell you.

E-Mop. That's it. Just water. No detergent. No vac. It sweeps as it cleans. Then you pick all the bits up with a bit of kitchen paper. Dries in minutes. No smears.

I have a Miele and my lightest of grey carpets is clean so her with your libellous vacuum accusations.

Barry Scott takes care of all my grime-busting woes.

He bangs and then he's gone.

Cleaner here-dust, Hoover, mop, brush any last bits that got stuck to your socks off into mop bucket, empty it. Occasionally followed by a special old towel on floor shoogle dance to dry it if it's glossy.

I'm liking the sound of this Emop. Also of the old towel shoogle dance, despite not having shiny tiles.

Hoover mop sweep.
I do not see the point of mop hoover. All the crap is all stuck in the mop then, yuk

You wouldn't last a day at my veterinary practice! The nurses would send you packing. First rule of cleaning: remove organic material, then disinfect. I have a textbook that proves it. Sorry OP, you are gloriously wrong!

Ew, so there is hairy, crumby, dead skin cell-y, bacteria riddled brown water dried onto your floors? Grim!

I am an open minded sort, so I will try mopping first tomorrow, I have recently been converted to flat mops, and have to admit they are cleaner and more efficient. I think I need to get a life........

Vac n mop ... you're cray cray

Sweep then mop, always. Lumps of mud/clods of grass, stones etc, clog up the Hoover otherwise, so it's the broom first. Then mop, most days with the mop and bucket and flash, and once a week with the steam mop instead.

Vacuum first to remove hairs and dust then clean the floor with mop or cloth to wipe off stains/ sticky bits/ polish it. If you have to vacuum once you've mopped/ washed the floor then you aren't cleaning it properly and just have one of those silly mops that just move the dirt from one place to another.

We are a no shoe house though so no lumps of mud and for our 3 stone areas I usually hand wash them rather than mop. Mopping is just for the floorboards and they only need mopped once every month or so.